Totally enclosed wind driven turbine

ABSTRACT

A Totally Enclosed Wind Powered Turbine For Producing Electricity

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. The present invention relates to a totally enclosed windpowered electric generating device.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] 2. Conventional wind powered generators copy the old-fashioned“south west” windmills, which tend to be inefficient. They are able toonly utilize 54% of the available wind velocity.

[0003] 3. Conventional windmills are expensive to purchase and even moreso to maintain.

[0004] 4. All repair parts have to be imported from Europe, whichequates to long lead times resulting in extended maintenance outages.

[0005] 5. Conventional windmills require vast amount of space.

[0006] 6. Conventional windmills are not eco friendly, causing nuisancessuch as; noise, down stream wind turbulence and are dangerous to birds.

[0007] 7. Conventional windmills are susceptible to the forces ofnature.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

[0008] 8. It is the object of the present invention to provide aneconomical, efficient, ecologically sound alternative to existingwindmills.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SIMPLIFIED ONE LINE DRAWING

[0009] Drawing no. 1.

[0010] “A” denotes ambient air inlet to eco-screen.

[0011] #1 is the target box containing the eco-screen device, which issimply {fraction (1/4)}″ hardware cloth.

[0012] #2 is the ambient air inlet chamber.

[0013] #3 is the wind powered turbine.

[0014] #4 is the spent air, DC powered blower.

[0015] #5 is the spent air plenum.

[0016] #6 depicts the weighted louvers.

[0017] #7 depicts the location of the spent air eco-screen.

[0018] “B” denotes spent air to atmosphere exhaust.

Accordingly, what is claimed is:
 1. Wind powered, totally enclosedturbine provided with: ambient air eco-system protection screen; and aspent air eductor device, which is also provided with an eco-systemprotection screen. Said turbine has the capability of converting 100% ofthe ambient air to work.
 2. Turbine of claim 1, wherein said turbine airintake need not be situated directly in the ambient air stream. 3.Turbine of claim 1, wherein said turbine is totally enclosed, no movingparts exposed.
 4. Turbine of claim 1, wherein said turbine achieves thedesired work by having its shaft speed increased or decreased byaltering the operation of a spent air blower and weighted louvers. 5.Spent air blower of claim 4, wherein said blower capacity is equal to orgreater than that of the turbine of claim
 1. 6. Spent air blower andweighted louvers of claim 4, wherein the spent air blower in conjunctionwith the weighted louvers, function is to modulate the speed of theturbine of claim
 1. 7. Spent air blower of claim 5, wherein the spentair blower throughput is determined by the speed of the DC drive motorand the position of the weighted louvers.
 8. Weighted louvers of claim7, wherein the position of the louvers depends on the pressure beingexerted upon them by the spent air blower.
 9. Weighted louvers of claim7, wherein the counter balance weight is calibrated to position thelouvers closed when the spent air bower is not operating and togradually open as the volume of air from the spent air blower increases.This action alters the differential pressure across the turbine, ofclaim 1, air inlet and air outlet.